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Unexpected regiochemistry in the reaction of some γ-trimethylsilylated 3-dialkylamino-crotonate esters with carbonyl electrophiles.

✍ Scribed by T.H. Chan; G.J. Kang


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1982
Tongue
French
Weight
216 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


4-T'rimethylsilyl-3-dialkylaminocrotonate esters (4) react with a nwnber of carbonyl electrophiles and titanium tetrachloride to give Froducts with substitution at y-position. A dynamic equilibriwn of 4 and its O-sily'l isomer IS is proposed to explain the regiochemistry.

Compounds 4 were prepared by the following procedures:

To a solution of lithium diisopropylamide (24 mm011 in 50 ml THF containing tetramethylethylenediamine (3.2 ml) at -78'-', methyl 3-dialkylaminocrotonate (~3, 20 mmol) was added.

The mixture was stirred for 0.5 h, and then quenched with trimethylchlorosilane. Work up by the usual procedure gave 4 in 90% 1 yield of > 95% purity by H NWB.

They could be distilled in vacua without decomposition.